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Boxers • Premium Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) But Liam Shinkwin has shown that he can be nasty in the ring When and why you started boxing: I started boxing when I was eight or nine. Ever since I was little I’d always wanted to box. My dad, Ronnie Shinkwin, was a pro in the ‘80s and

History STR/AFP via Getty Images George Foreman and Ron Lyle go hell for leather over five violent rounds GEORGE FOREMAN w ko 5 RON LYLEJanuary 24, 1976; Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NVJANUARY was a good month for George Foreman. Throughout his career he fought nine times in the first month of the year, winning each

Opinion Holly Stein/Allsport/Getty Images These memorable ring monikers are commendably creative 1. MICHAEL ‘SECOND TO’ NUNN The name says it all. When it comes to original and inventive sobriquets, this former two-weight world champion (IBF middleweight and WBA super-middleweight) is second to none. 2. JUAN ‘HISPANIC CAUSING PANIC’ LAZCANO Remembered as a Ricky Hatton opponent

History • Premium Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Talented 200-plus-bout contender Kid Socks had a knack for embarrassing champions yet never won a title himself “THE Wrecker of Champions” – as boxing epithets go it isn’t a bad one. The wearer of that sobriquet was a fighter from London’s East End called Kid Socks. His career

Fitness • Technique Olympic bronze medallist Tony Jeffries demonstrates how to counter-punch like Floyd Mayweather HOW great a fighter was Floyd Mayweather? He is known as a master of defence. But not being hit in boxing is only one part of it. Knowing how to counter from those defensive moves is what really makes a

Feature Focus On Sport/Getty Images Supreme sports writer Brian Doogan reveals how his fascination with the timeless Hagler vs Leonard rivalry led to him writing one of the best boxing books of recent years DARKNESS was Ray Leonard’s light during his years away from boxing. Denied the stage he had illuminated as his sport’s most

Opinion John Dennen considers what to make of Canelo Alvarez boxing Avni Yildirim in February FIRSTLY, it should be said, Canelo Alvarez vs Avni Yildirim is not a fair fight. Alvarez is better than him in every department. The Mexican has a far higher skill level, better power, resilience, experience and has fought vastly better

Issue • Premium • Preview Stephen Fulton fights fellow unbeaten Angelo Leo for the WBO super-bantam title. It should be a fascinating blend of styles, explains Matt Bozeat MICHAEL CONLAN expects the WBO super-bantamweight title to change hands this weekend. Conlan, ranked No. 2 by the WBO at 122lbs, reckons Philadelphia slickster Stephen Fulton (18-0)

Feature Frank Warren discusses his time in hospital with coronavirus and reveals his 2021 battle plans HALL OF FAME promoter Frank Warren joins Alex Steedman and Matt Christie as he battles back to health after being hospitalised with coronavirus. Warren reveals the misery and discomfort he endured over Christmas as COVID-19 hit him hard.  Not

History Roberto Duran made to train extra hard for rubber match with old rival ROBERTO DURAN w rsf 12 ESTEBAN DEJESUSJanuary 21, 1978; Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NVROBERTO DURAN is widely regarded as the greatest of all lightweights therefore this bedazzling beatdown of old nemesis Esteban DeJesus in their rubber match might just be the

History Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales met in an epic rematch on this day in 2006 MANNY PACQUIAO w rsf 10 ERIK MORALESJanuary 21, 2006; Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NVERIK MORALES blamed making weight and too many ‘tough fights’ for why he lost to Manny Pacquiao in their rematch. Such

Feature • Issue • Premium Scott Heavey/Getty Images Now Dave Coldwell is one of the leading trainers in the country. But it was a long road to get there. In his own words he describes just what he had to go through I was born in Calcutta, my mum’s Indian, my dad’s English. So I

Opinion Mikey Williams/Top Rank How should a failed drug test affect a boxer’s reputation? Barry JonesFormer WBO championIt always makes you wonder how long they have been using PEDs and if they have actually ever fought without them. So it certainly tarnishes their reputation, but also as the punishments are so soft, you start to

History Floyd Mayweather drops Diego Corrales five times to score emphatic victory FLOYD MAYWEATHER w rsf 10 DIEGO CORRALESJanuary 20, 2001; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NVDIEGO CORRALES’ post-fight complaint that his fight with Floyd Mayweather was stopped too soon even though he’d been dropped five times seemed like hot air. The pair of them didn’t

Issue • Opinion • Premium Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Now I have Roy Jones by my side I can make up for lost time says Chris Eubank Jr in his own words PEOPLE always ask me when I’m coming back to England but I can’t until the lockdowns have been loosened. Right now, out here in

Opinion We pick a bunch of florally named boxers 1. PERNELL ‘SWEET PEA’ WHITAKERRegarded as one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time, Whitaker was a tremendous technician who claimed world titles at lightweight through to super-welterweight, as well as winning Olympic gold. 2. GEORGES ‘THE ORCHID MAN’ CARPENTIERA former world light-heavyweight champion, the

News • Premium World Series of Boxing Only two people have stopped Anthony Joshua and Solomon Dacres has beaten one of them. The new heavyweight has a date for his pro debut. He speaks to John Dennen SOLOMON DACRES, formerly a super-heavyweight on the Great Britain squad, has turned professional. He will make his pro

Issue • News • Premium But Tony Bellew has committed to the sport in a new way. He tells Chris Walker how he went from retired fighter to one of the sport’s most passionate managers TONY BELLEW had firmly slammed the door shut on boxing, or so he thought. His unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing Oleksandr